Spaceflight Propulsion

v1.1.7 / TOC (7 chapters) / 01 feb 14 / greg goebel / public domain

* The 20th century saw the beginnings of space exploration, which was enabled
by the development of new and powerful rocket propulsion systems that could
lift heavy payloads into space, and give such payloads the ability to control
themselves once they were in space. The development of spaceflight
propulsion systems continues in the 21st century, with new technologies that
offer improved capabilities. This document provides an overview of
spaceflight propulsion systems. It is also available in a downloadable
archive,
formatted in HTML, for reading on a tablet or other viewer.